Improvement in butter-workers



PATENT OFFICE.

LUKE L. KELLOGG, OE LEON, NEW YORK.

IIVIPR'OVEMEN'I IN BUTTER-WORKERS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,428, dated July 25,1871.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, LUKE L. KELLOGG, of Leon, in the county ofOat-taraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedButter-Worker 5 and I- do hereby declare the following -to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanyin g drawing making a part of this speciiication, in wl1ichFigure l is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 is a top view.

This invention relates to the combination of a vibratory sector-shapedtray for receiving butter as it comes from the churn with a corrugatedroller of conical shape, placed in stationary boxes, for working77 suchbutter, as the trayis vibrated beneath the roller.

Referrin g to the drawing, a is the sectorshaped tray, placed in aninclined position in order that the buttermilk and water expressed fromthe butter may run ott' at the lower end. The tray is secured to a kindof derrick, composed of a swinging arm, b c d, pivoted upon a verticalshaft, e, mounted in the frame A. This arrangement not only admits ofthe vibration of the tray, but also prevents its upper end from sagging.A further preventive against sagging is the roller j', mounted on thestandard g beneath the outer end of the tray. The corrugated roller isshown at h, its journals entering a bar, 1'., at the lower end of thetray, and a boX placed within a recess in the standard g. A crank, j.,is secured to the upper journal of the roller. A handle, m., is attachedto the outside of the tray, near its upper end, to assist in vibratingit. The roller is made conical in order that its corrugations may bedeepest at its upper end, where it has to pass over the greatestquantity of butter. A screw, a, passing through the head ofthe standardg, enters the box that supports the journal of the roller, for thepurpose ot' effecting the raising or lowering of said box according tothe quantity of but-ter in the tray.

The method of operation is to turn the crank with one hand, and with theother to move the tray as may be necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the vibratory tray a and corrugated roller 7c,moinlted in stationary boxes, as specified.

2. The combination of the tray a, supportingframe b c d, shaft e, rollerj', and frame A, as described.

LUKE L. KELLOGG.

Vitnesses:

DAVID LONG, JACOB LINK.

